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jail·bird
(jāl′bûrd′)n. Informal
A prisoner or an ex-convict.
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jailbird
(ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜːd) orgaolbird
n
a person who is or has been confined to jail, esp repeatedly; convict
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jail•bird
(ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜrd)n.
a person confined in jail.
[1595–1605]
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| Noun | 1. | jailbird - a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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jailbird
gaolbirdnoun prisoner, convict, con (slang), lag (slang), trusty, felon, malefactor, ticket-of-leave man (Historical) He's rubbed shoulders with judges and jailbirds.
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Translations
kriminálník
vaneforbryder
börtöntöltelék
fangi, tugthúslimur
kriminálnik
hapishane gediklisi/kuşu
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jail,
gaol
(dʒeil) noun (a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun a person who is or has often been in jail.
to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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